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That
the
holy
Scrip0/rer
were indite
by
God.rf'Jiirit.
Ieremy,concerning
the taking ofIerufaletn
and
their
captiui
tie
into Babylon,
and the time
of7o.yeeres
limited for their
abiding
there;the
prophecies
of
Daniel
concerning the
foure
Monarchies ;which
are
fo
cleere and perfpicuous
as
ifhe
had
feene
them
in his
time
;
the prophecie
of
ChriPt
concerning
the
defiru&ion
ofIerufalem;the
prophecies contained
in
the
Reuelation
of
S. lohn,
many
of
which
wee
fee fulfilled
in
our
tine,
efpecially
that
concerning
the Antichrifl
of
Rome, bis
manner
of
comming,
his increaí
ng,
his
workes,
feate
and
place
of
refidence;
all
which
are
fo
manifefily and plainlyde-
scribed,
as
if
the
Apof}le
had
written
an
hiflorie and
not a
prophecie.
Which
plainly
proueth
that
the
Scriptures were
not
deuifed
by
man,
but
penned
by,
the infpiration
of
Gods
fpirit, who by
his
prouident
wifedome forefeeth
all
things,
tfihd
by
his wife
prouidence ruleth
all
things.
4.Se
.ó.
But
here Satan
will
be
ready to
obie&,that
we
are
notable
That
the
Scrip-
to
proue
that
thee
prophecies were
writtenby
any
fuch
Pro-
cures were
pen-
phets
&
holy
men
as are
mentioned
in
the
Seriptures,fo
long
ned
by
the
hoh
e
before the things contained
in
them
were
done,and that
for
men
of
God
ought
we
know
they
might
be
forged
and foified
in by foure
tivhich
are in
cunning
fellow after the
thins
were
core
to
affe.
The like
tbemme
tie-
g
i g
p
ed,
and
not
obieStions
allo
he
maketh againft the
ref}
ofthe
fcriptures,as
forged
in
their
that eitherthere
was
not
any
fuch
.
'Wofs,or
ifhee
were,
that
names
byfome
hee
was
but
fore
cunning fellow who
writ
ofmiracles
and
pPlititian*
wonders neuer done,to gaine credit to
his law
which
he
had
publifhed;or ifhe
wrote
nothing
but
truth
in his
time;yet we
know
r:.ot
whether
thefe
books
which
go
vnder
his name
are
perfed&
as
he
left
th,or
dcpraued
and
corrupted,
Inning
ma-
ny things altred,added,and detraeted,according to
the
plea
-
fixre
of
thofe who haue had the keeping
of
them. And
fo
allo
he
obieð againft ÿ
other
parts
ofholy
Scriptures.
To
this
T
anf
vere,
that
as
it
\
-vere
great
abfurditie to
ca`1
in
queflion
the
writings
of
Crcero, Seneca,
Phsrarch
&
other
heathen men
whether
they
were
penned by
any fuch
in
or
no,becaufe the
next
age recciued
theta
from
the authors
themfclues;&
deli-
tiered
the
to
the next
infuing,and
fò
by
traditi6 from
hand
to
hand
they
are
come
vnto
vs;
fo
it
is
no
leffe
abfurditieto
call
into
qucfzion
whether
i
Scriptures were
written by
the Pro
-
phctS